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T1 - Isolation and identification of 9-methylgermacrene-B as the putative sex pheromone of Lutzomyia cruzi (Mangabeira, 1938) (Diptera: Psychodidae)
AU - Brazil, Reginaldo P.
AU - Hamilton, J. G.C.
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) cruzi has been named as a probable vector of Leishmania chagasi in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Taxonomically L. cruzi is closely related to the L. longipalpis species complex. Females of L. cruzi and L. longipalpis are morphologically indistinguishable and associated males must be examined carefully to confirm identifications. Chemical analysis hexane extracts of male L. cruzi has revealed the presence of a 9-methylgermacrene-B (C16), a homosesquiterpene (mw 218) previously shown to be the sex pheromone of one of the members of the L. longipalpis species complex.
AB - Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) cruzi has been named as a probable vector of Leishmania chagasi in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Taxonomically L. cruzi is closely related to the L. longipalpis species complex. Females of L. cruzi and L. longipalpis are morphologically indistinguishable and associated males must be examined carefully to confirm identifications. Chemical analysis hexane extracts of male L. cruzi has revealed the presence of a 9-methylgermacrene-B (C16), a homosesquiterpene (mw 218) previously shown to be the sex pheromone of one of the members of the L. longipalpis species complex.
KW - 9-methylgermacrene-B
KW - Lutzomyia cruzi
KW - Phlebotominae
KW - Sex pheromone
U2 - 10.1590/S0074-02762002000300030
DO - 10.1590/S0074-02762002000300030
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 12048580
AN - SCOPUS:0036550487
VL - 97
SP - 435
EP - 436
JO - Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
JF - Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
SN - 0074-0276
IS - 3
ER -